MUSIC ON THE STRAIT AT FIELD ARTS & EVENTS HALL

Music on the Strait is a world-class music festival founded in 2018 in beautiful Port Angeles, Washington. This festival celebrates classical music in the singularly beautiful environment of Olympic National Park and the Salish Sea.

NOTE: This ticketing page is only for Music on the Strait’s 2023 Field Hall Concerts on August 19, 26 and 27. For information about Music on the Strait’s Maier Hall programs on August 20 and 25, please visit musiconthestrait.com

Opening Night: A special evening with Garrick Ohlsson & the Takács Quartet

Field Arts & Events Hall is proud to partner with Music on the Strait to host the Opening Night for the 2023 Music on the Strait Festival. Enjoy a special evening with Garrick Ohlsson and the Takács Quartet, Saturday, August 19th at 7PM, featuring a 6:15PM pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman.

6:15PM: Pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman
7PM: Performance

Johannes Brahms  Sonata in E-flat for Viola and Piano, Op 120 No 2 (1894) 
Johannes Brahms  Rhapsody in G minor, Op 79 No 2 (1879)
Lembit Beecher     New Work for Violin and Viola (World Premiere) 
Amy Beach         Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op 67 (1907)​

Music on the Strait is honored to present one of the first performances in the brand-new Field Arts and Events Hall with celebrated virtuoso pianist Garrick Ohlsson, the only American to have won first prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition. Ohlsson will perform solo and chamber works by Johannes Brahms. He will later be joined by the Takács Quartet for a rousing performance of Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet, a piece for which he and the Takács recorded and won a 2001 Gramophone Award. We are also thrilled to present a new work by 2023 composer-in-residence Lembit Beecher, inspired in part by the transformation of the Elwha River and written for Artistic Directors James Garlick and Richard O’Neill. 

 

Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Takács Quartet
  Edward Dusinberre, violin
  Harumi Rhodes, violin
  Richard O’Neill, viola
  András Fejér, cello
James Garlick, violin

Jeremy Denk performs Bach’s Complete Partitas

Music on the Strait presents Jeremy Denk performing Bach’s Complete Paritas. This event includes a 6:15PM pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman.

6:15PM: Pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman
7PM: Performance

JS Bach Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825
              Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
              Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827
              Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828
              Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829
              Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830​

MacArthur “Genius” Jeremy Denk, one of today’s leading interpreters of Bach’s keyboard music, returns to Music on the Strait for the fourth time to perform a musical marathon: all six Bach Partitas for keyboard in one evening. This is a musical event of a lifetime! 

Jeremy Denk, piano

Denk performs Brahms' A major Piano Quartet

Field Arts & Events Hall is delighted to host Music on the Strait for their Festival Finale: Jeremy Denk performs Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, and Johannes Brahms. This event includes a 2:15PM pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman.

2:15PM: Pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman
3PM: Performance

Clara Schumann     Three Romances for Violin and Piano (1853)
Robert Schumann    Märchenbilder (Fairy Tales), Op 113 (1851)      
Johannes Brahms    Piano Quartet in A major, Op 26 (1861) 

​In October 1853, a 20-year-old young composer named Johannes Brahms knocked on the door of Robert and Clara Schumann with a letter of introduction. That same year, Clara Schumann wrote her Three Romances for Violin and Piano, and Robert Schumann soon proclaimed Brahms the heir to Beethoven’s musical lineage and so began one of the most intimate friendships in music history. Jeremy Denk leads us on a rare and remarkable journey to explore these three intertwined musical voices.  

Jeremy Denk, piano
James Garlick, violin
Richard O’Neill, viola
Ani Aznavoorian, cello